The healing circle [videorecording] : victims of sexual abuse by clergy share their stories / a presentation of Marquette University Law School, and its Restorative Justice Initiative (RJI), [facilitator] Janine P. Geske, Distinguished Professor of Law.
Edited version of the original presentation. Healing Circle is a project of Marquette University Law School Restorative Justice Initiative.
Summary:
In November 2006 a small group of people gathered at the Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to participate in an extraordinary experience, called a Healing Circle. The group included 4 survivors of clergy abuse when they were children (except for one woman who describes her son committing suicide over it), Archbishop Timothy Dolan (recently installed as the Archbishop of New York), an abusing priest, a couple of other priests, lay church employees, a woman who describes both her own decision to leave the church over the issue and her 97 year old grandmother's decision to stop taking communion because of it and a parishioner whose adult children no longer attend mass. Each of the survivors told the personal impact these events have had on their lives. Everyone in the room had been deeply affected by the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. Over the course of several hours, the participants shared their stories of pain and broken trust.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)319175677
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.